# eSpeak NG TTS Bindings for Python3
Copyright 2016-2020 [Sayak B](https://sayakb.com/). Licenced under
[GNU GPLv3](https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0).
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## Requirements
You need to have eSpeak NG installed in your system and added to the path.
### Windows
The latest installers for eSpeak NG can be found [here](https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/releases/latest).
The installed executable may need to be added to the system path.
([See here](https://www.howtogeek.com/118594/how-to-edit-your-system-path-for-easy-command-line-access/))
### Ubuntu & Debian
```bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install espeak-ng
```
### Others
If eSpeak NG is not available in your package manager, you may need to compile
the binaries for your system. Refer to
[this page](https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/blob/master/docs/building.md)
for more information.
## Installation
### PyPi
This library is available on [PyPi](https://pypi.org/project/espeakng/).
```sh
pip install espeakng
```
### GitHub Releases
You can download the latest release for this library [here](https://github.com/sayak-brm/espeakng-python/releases/latest).
## Usage
First, we have to initialize a `Speaker`.
```python
import espeakng
mySpeaker = espeakng.Speaker()
```
And then use the `Speaker.say()` method to speak:
```python
mySpeaker.say('Hello, World!')
```
Calling `Speaker.say()` will interrupt any ongoing output from the same object
immediately.
Use the following code if you wish to wait for any ongoing speech to complete:
```python
mySpeaker.say('I am a demo of the say() method.', wait4prev=True)
```
---
### Changing speech properties
#### Pitch
By default the pitch is set at 80.
Change it by:
```python
mySpeaker.pitch = 120
```
#### Words per Minute (WPM)
By default WPM is set at 120.
Change it by:
```python
mySpeaker.wpm = 140
```
#### Voice
By default the voice is set to 'en'. The complete list of supported voices can
be found
[here](https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/blob/master/docs/languages.md).
Change it by:
```python
mySpeaker.voice = 'es'
```
#### Export to .WAV file
By default, your text will just be spoken aloud, but if you want it to be written to a .WAV file, you can specify an `export_path` when calling the `say` function, as seen below:
```python
mySpeaker.say("Export this to a file", export_path="test.wav")
```
## Special thanks
- [MickeyDelp](https://github.com/MickeyDelp) for wordgap and amplitude controls, and other helper methods.
- [FlorianEagox](https://github.com/FlorianEagox) for the export to WAV file feature.
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